The post I previously did on the hilarious show “Modern Family” homes got the biggest response yet so I decided to do an update on some pictures for you fellow fans and try to hunt down some answers to the questions. I was thrilled to see so many people loved the houses (especially the Dunphy home) as much as I did. I tracked down some new shots of the homes and much more shots of Cameron and Mitchell’s Mediterranean casa (which I was seriously lacking). Please excuse a few of the scratchier ones, I couldn’t find clear pictures of some of the best rooms so I had to improvise for the greater good! I did some colour schemes to give everyone some ideas on paint for their home inspired by the show. I am currently on wait to hear back on specific paint colours from the set so I will do another update when/if that happens. I stuck to Benjamin Moore paints because they are most commonly used and affordable to the average budget.

We’ll kick things off with a breakdown of the Dunphy home colours. Clearly the most coveted colours to paint, these are some of the key traditional (and somewhat beach themed) colours found in the home. The blue is Labrador Blue which can be found on the entry way walls. The punches of red throughout the house can be found mostly on the drapes so to match that colour I went with Merlot Red. The light beige found in the living room is a close match to the third colour Rainforest Dew. Lastly, the hits of green show up as an accessory colour to objects like the plates in the kitchen, apples on the kitchen table and various flowers. This colour best matched Spring Moss.

A shot of the Dunphy staircase with the soft blue colour everyone seems to mutually love.

I included this shot to showcase some of the art work the Dunphy’s have in their home.

Here is a shot of the family room which is open to the kitchen and dining room. The couch colour is almost an exact match to the kitchen cupboard paint colour. I’m a big fan of the cute pillows on the couch. Please Click This Link For A Compilation Of Up To Date Modern Family Decor Information: http://recklessbliss.blogspot.com/p/modern-family-homes.html

Standing in the dining room looking into the family room. I love the basket beside the couch in place of the side table. The glass cabinet is an awesome way to display vases and blankets etc.

I had a big request for shots of the dining room and now I see why people were having a hard time finding it. It was really difficult to find a clear picture of the dining room so I improvised with some shots taken while the show was in progress. They have gray/ivory padded chairs which were a close match to Vintage French Round Side Chair chairs found at Restoration Hardware. They also have a classic farmhouse looking wooden dining table that seats six. Also seen here are some of the deep red drapes I talked about in my colour scheme breakdown.

The random hodge podge of plates and pictures on the wall makes you really feel like a family has lived there for years rather than a decorated set.

Classic shot from the show during an interview.

A shot of Claire and her dad Jay. Love the double wall ovens.

Another shot of the kitchen. I wish I had a little spot for all my cookbooks in the kitchen. Green plates were the inspiration for the Spring Moss colour in the colour scheme.

A rarely seen shot of one of the kid’s rooms. Haley’s is the Dunphy teenager with a room to match her age.

Moving on to Jay and Gloria’s beautiful modern home. I went with some classic neutral tones to match the feel of this earthy architectural home. The mocha colour seen in the dining room came very close to a shade called Ferret Brown. The dominant colour on the walls is soft stone gray best matched to Horizon Gray. Throughout the house you can find several hits of an accented golden brown colour that I think is very close to the colour Yellow Marigold. The last colour I found that stood out was the hits of wild red around the house that I later read to be symbolic to Gloria's fiery personality. For this colour, I went with Currant Red which corresponds very nicely to it’s three other paint buddies to make for a modern yet still feisty palette.

I’m in love with the door for this home. The foyer has a classic pedestal table which proves not all modern furniture has to look super weird!

The other post I did about the Modern Family homes I included a shot of Jay and Gloria’s family room but this shot shows the fireplace and TV. I have to say I expected a much bigger TV on the wall for the wealthy architect. You can see there is a mini bar off to the left in the family room as well.

Jay and Gloria’s kitchen has a deep wine red colour to match the modern sleek design. It’s a nice punch of colour without being over the top.

What’s interesting here is that the same wine red colour from the picture above is gone. I don’t know if the crew decided to add or subtract it from the kitchen but I’ll be keeping a watch for it during the new episode next Wednesday. I love the light fixture focal point in this room.

Of course when I say forgive some of the scratchier shots, these are included in that. I was at a loss to find pictures of Jay and Gloria’s bedroom. I saw it briefly in an episode and I was instantly gaga for the room. The bed looks like it’s floating and the neutral colour of the walls looks fabulous with the contrast of orange beachy pillows.

I posted this picture just to show the adorable little table with the flowers and picture frame. Imagine having a room big enough for all this furniture and then some.

Opposite corner of the bedroom.

Chair beside the bed.

This shot is when you first walk into Jay and Gloria’s bedroom. You can see there is a small couch to the right and a chest of drawers.

Last but not least, we have the hysterical couple Cameron and Mitchell’s calming Mediterranean home. The main colour of the walls is one of my favorite paints used on rooms because it pretty much always turns out fabulous. I found that it most closely matched a paint colour called Olive Moss. Secondly, I found that the tweed coloured furniture such as, the bench and couch, stood out against the gorgeous olive walls quite nicely. For this colour I choose Timothy Straw. The accent colour most often found around the house is a bright punch of orange which matched the paint colour Citrus Orange. For the bright and sunny kitchen colour, a creamy and subdued yellow like American Cheese does a great job of mimicking the room. Most of these paint colour names had me hankering for a sandwich! After some more research I found out that the green colour used on the walls is called Louisberg Green by Benjamin Moore paints and can be found with more detail in the post found here.

I finally found some good shots of Cameron and Mitchell’s home. This is a shot of the entry. I’m nuts for the wispy neutral curtains on the muted green walls.

Another shot of the entry.

I’m in love with the Dunphy family wall colours and fabrics like most of you but I really love the colour scheme used for decorating this house too. It’s very sophisticated and calm.

A shot of some more of the artwork in the home as well as a great shot of the built in bookcases.

A small wall cutout looking into Cameron and Mitchell’s kitchen from the living room.

I hope you found this updated post helpful and entertaining. Please keep in mind that my colour schemes are not an exact match but rather a rendering of what I think they best match to from the Benjamin Moore paint collection. As I said, I am on wait to hear back from some people who may have access to the information of exact colours so, should that come through I will of course bring everyone up to speed. Thanks for all the support and like always, I want to hear your thoughts!

All shots are courtesy of ABC and all paint colours are courtesy of Benjamin Moore.

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Thank you so much. Love that Blue wall! Looking over the ABC website I found the set decorators name: Christopher Carlson, but no contact info. I left a message on ABC's contact page requesting wall colors, furniture, cabinets etc. ABC should do a special decorators webpage devoted to the sets used on Modern family. I urge everyone else to go to the ABC website and do the same!Ken-Chayil@yahoo.com

Ack! I love love love the Dunphy's house, too! Modern Family is one of my fave shows right now, and every time I see that blue in the foyer, or the striped pillows on the couch, or the red drapes in the kitchen/dining area, I think about how striking they are. Thanks for the info, and thanks for stopping by... I'm going to bookmark you, too!

Ok - I'm glad there are people out there as obsessed as I am about the Modern Family sets. I really want to know who makes the couch in the front living room of the Dunphy house. Please post if you ever figure this out! Thanks for the paint colors too!

As I stated in the post: "Please keep in mind that my colour schemes are not an exact match but rather a rendering of what I think they best match to from the Benjamin Moore paint collection." I did use a program to best match the colours from the photos so there was a basis to my choices but of course when there are so many variants of colours everyone may have a different idea of what fits best. If you wish to use a colour "more vibrant" than Soft Chinchilla please feel free to do so. Thanks for the comment.

All I have to say is POTTERY BARN. The sets are comprised of mostly all pottery barn merchandise. The shades in the kitchen are from pb, but all there shades are currently on recall :(. I have the exact same ones in my kitchen and wanted more. Most all of the furniture can be found on their website.

This week's People magazine has some of the Modern Family paint colors listed. All are from Benjamin Moore. There's a 3 or 4 page spread about the decor on the show. My friend wants the tan color in Jay/Gloria's hosue but that one isn't listted, just the crimson color.I am trying to find the couch pillows from the Dunphy's family room couch. Any ideas?

Thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to check that out! As for the pillows, please look at the archive posts on the right for the post labeled "Modern Family Furniture" and you will find some ideas for what you are looking for. Thanks again!

The pillows in the Dunphy's family room couch(the room attached to the kitchen) are from a Marimekko fabric called Kuusama in brown. You can't order the pillows, but you can get the fabric and have the pillow made. Pier One has similar curtains called Ratliffe in Garnet. Any info on the striped pillow and art work in the home would be appreciated!

Love this site. This show is a fav in our household and I've always noticed the beautiful homes and decor. Just found some of the artwork in the "Cam & Mitchell" house at World Market. Artist is Judeen. Thanks for all the pics and research.

Thank you so much for your blog. I saw the curtians in the girl's bedroom on the episode last week and have been trying to find them and your blog is th only place that I even mention it. I would love to know where I could get them they are perfect for my kitchen. Thanks again.

Thank you for your Modern Family design blogs! Like others, I've been looking for this info (especially paint colors) and you have answered a lot of questions! Now if only I could get the set designer to make a house call. Hmmmm...

Hi everyone, I'm not sure where the bed frame or paintings are from. The info proves to be extremely difficult to find. I also haven't had much luck in finding anything similar for those items.

For Haley's black, gray and white curtains I came up with a few alternatives. The first is actually a shower curtain but with a sewing machine you can convert that into kitchen curtains easy peasy! The second is an actual set of curtains:

Thank you recklessbliss!! I'm getting ready to paint several rooms and do some other home improvements, so your finding your site today makes me happy :). I love the Modern Family decor themes and appreciate all your efforts to display and track down so much information.

I'm also in love with haley's bedroom curtains! On tv the flowers look like deep purple (maybe black?) and burnt gold/ olive interspersed with grey ones which is perfect for my bedroom color scheme. Any idea where to find these curtains?

Hi, can you tell me where the striped pillows on the beige couch that backs up to the staircase with the blue wall came from? (the are same blue as the wall, orange, yellow, red) I would really love to have them in my home. Thanks so much for all your help.

Funny you should ask about Haley's bedroom artwork, I will be commenting on that very subject shortly. As for the artwork in Jay and Gloria's home, if you could send me a picture or an episode name that shows the painting more clearly I'd be happy to do some hunting around. As of now, I'm not sure which you are referring to. All your questions will be answered to the best of my abilities very soon. I am in the works of making all the info I have much easier to retrieve. Stay tuned.Thanks for the comments!Heidi@RecklessBlissxoxo

I was wondering if anyone knew where i could find the duvet cover in Haley and Alex's bedroom (the ones on Haley's bed) I have managed to re-create heaps of things using material from spotlight, though i don't know if they have spotlights out of Australia? It's just a shop with heaps of material. The closest Duvet covers that i could find are these: http://www.bigw.com.au/home-garden/bed/quilt-covers/bpnBIGW_0000000115676/single-bed-quilt-cover-set but they are in blue and that won't work for my bedroomthanks :)

Hi ! would you be able to tell me how I can find the poster/painting in the entrance of Jay/Gloria's house with the half body in red loose pants and flip flops ?Its amazing !thanks a millionbeetlebum84@hotmail.com

Thank you so much for the wonderful details in your posts. I have beautiful painted woodwork as well as stained woodwork in my historic home, and I noticed the wonderful colors in Cam & Mitchell's place while watching a recent episode of MF. Finding a vision for a home with woodwork that is not painted entirely white is very difficult these days. After looking through magazines, books, and design sites, I gave up and googled "Cam and Mitchell's set design." Imagine my surprise! I found your your blog with pictures and detailed info! I have a vision and a detailed plan! What a blessing to an overwhelmed and under-skilled decorator like me. Thank you for your attention to detail.

You are so very welcome! If you want more information on the set design I suggest dropping by my "Modern Family" Tab where I've collected all my set design findings into one easy place. You'll find much more info there!

Hi , i jusat stumbled upon this post , great work thank you so much for putting this up ...i had a q also just in case u know this :) ! in the previous episode of Modern Family , Jays Crimson wall had a collage of black and white framed prints which are shown just in passing i have been dying to find out how that was put together or any suggestions on how it can be recreated !

I'm sorry I am not sure of the exterior color on the Dunphy home. One suggestion I can give you is to print a picture of the home and take it into Home Depot to utilize their color matching options and you should find a similar match. Hope that helps, thanks for the comment!

Any idea what the painting is in Cam and Mitchell's living room? It is the one next to their front door that is an abstract red, black, and a little yellow? It is the one in the pictures above with the caption "another shot of the entry." Thanks!

Sorry I don't know where the painting is from. I would try checking out Etsy for some similar works as there are countless art shops on that site so I'm sure you can find something close to it. Hope that helps and thanks for the comment!

I was wondering if you know where the lamp is from in the Dunphy kitchen - it looks like a paisely drum shade with a gray base. There's a good shot of it in the first few seconds of the clip "claire shoots down Phil" on ABC.com

After looking for a year and a half I finally found the Pottery Barn Harrison Stripe (red drapes) in the length I needed (a long length)!!! They just came in today....I am SO psyched!!Problem is this--I have a large sectional, which is olive green--while the drapes will match just fine, I have NO idea what color scheme to use for the throw pillows and couch throw blankets.Any suggestions???

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